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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ANALYSIS A. Conformity with Metropolitan System Plans 1. Transportation (Ann Braden) Anoka County is a primarily rural county in the northern portion of the Metropolitan Area. The county is served by a number of metropolitan highways. TH 65, an intermedia'te arterial, runs north-south through the center of the county. The intermediate designation of TH 65 ends at 1-694, a principal arterial which traverses the southern "panhandle" of the county. 1-35W and 1- 35E, both principal arterials, converge near the county's eastern border. The southwest/south central area of the county is served by TH 10, an intermediate arterial. The plan also shows the TH 52 Mississippi River crossing and the proposed Northtown- Crosstown bridge, both of which have intermediate arterial designations. The. transportation element of the Anoka County Plan is based on the 1974 Anoka County Thoroughfare Plan. It has been updated to include all changes that have been.made to the Metropolitan Highway System sinces 1974, such as redesignation of Th 242 from a principal to a minor arterial. The functional classification of some roads in this plan differs from the classification approved by the Council and its Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) and transmitted to Anoka County as part of its systems statement. Since these differences are not on roads classified as part of the metropolitan highway system (principal and intermediate arterials), this issue does not affect the consistency of the plan with metropolitan systems. The county should transmit these changes to the TAB's Technical Advisory Committee for its consideration separately from this plan review. (Since these changes affect more than one community, the consideration of the request may be delayed until the desires of the other communities are investigated.) The MTC currentl~ provides transit service to the southern, urbanized portion, of the county. 2. Sewers (Barb Moeller) Anoka County is served by both central sewers and on-site sewer systems. The County's sewer policy plan concerns itself solely with on-site sewer systems. Anoka County, however, has only a very limited role in on-site system management. The County is responsible only for the regulation of on-site sewer systems in the shoreland, floodplain and scenic river areas of the four townships (Burns, Columbus, Linwood and Oak Grove). The County ordinances allow for lot sizes of tess than five acres in the~oreland and scenic river areas. In the floodplain area, the County does not designate lot sizes. In addition, the County Plan states, that the four townships also have land use controls which apply to the districts. The more restrictive ordinances of the two governments applies. .~ I